Apanay has served on the boards of Arts Clayton and Clayton

County Chamber of Commerce, and is an emeritus trustee of the

Clayton College & State University Foundation. He was the

catalyst for revitalizing Cultural Crossroad (slated for this

September at Clayton State), which recognizes artistic diversity

in the community and which now provides the funding to support

the scholarship.

Apanay, in partnership with the Clayton/Henry/Fayette Medical

Society, became the first sponsors of Cultural Crossroads and

their contribution has been the springboard needed to cultivate

the event.

"With this partnership [Clayton County School System, Clayton

State, the Medical Society, along with Arts Clayton], we have

been able to grow the scholarship year after year," says

Linda Summerlin, executive director of Arts Clayton. "As

an arts council, this is an excellent way to share our vision

with the community and to support our students as they become

more successful and productive citizens."

Lovejoy AP Music Theory instructor, John L. Oden, recommended

Vinot for the Arts Clayton scholarship earlier this year and

Lovejoy's Director of Orchestra Studies, Jennifer Floyd, nominated

her.

"Christel has excelled in AP Music theory this year, demonstrating

keen musical ability and compositional skill," says Oden. "[She]

frequently expands on her classroom work through independent

composition and work that enhances her classroom experience."

"I have found Christel to be not only highly motivated

and to have a great personality, but also to be very intelligent

and perceptive in discussing both music and general matters," adds

Floyd. "[Her] talents are not only known at Lovejoy, but

county wide."

Vinot is the county winner for composition in the PTA Reflections

Musical Composition Competition; she has been a member of the

Spivey Chamber Workshop all four years of her high school career,

and a pit member of the Clayton County All Star Musical "Annie."

"Christel demonstrates a deep commitment to her music and

composition through daily work and her excellent demonstration

of compositional as well as performance skills," continues

Oden.

"I've dedicated the last seven years of my life to music," says

Vinot. "I've always enjoyed playing the cello and [I] put

my heart into it. In the last two years all my free time has

been spent on writing music. I want to pursue music composition

as a career. Two things in specific I would like to get into

are film and video game music," she concludes.

"I fully believe in Christel's potential and her prospects

for finest success as a musician and composer," adds Floyd. "I

believe that the combination of her musical attributes and her

fine playing musicianship will not only be effective within a

musical environment, but will set a wonderful role model for

students like herself."

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